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The construction industry is a rare environment where qualifications, experience and gender won’t stop anyone from developing a long term, successful career in the industry, as there’s an opportunity for everyone!
When it comes to careers, there’s not much that the construction industry doesn’t offer! Designer, Planner, Project Manager, Quantity Surveyor, HR Assistant, Accountant, a role in information technology, or engineering are just a sample of what is on offer in this massive opportunity industry.
It’s not just the training, development and ongoing support you’d receive in helping you nurture your career with career path choices on offer, but the salaries are competitive and there are an appealing variety of benefits available on joining.
It’s a world of innovation – green skills and digitalisation are integral to the future of sustainable construction which means that a career in construction is far from traditional! You could be working at the forefront of competitive environmental projects and Tilbury Douglas has an extensive portfolio of exciting projects and a healthy order book of future projects you could be involved in.
Construction is an exciting and transformative industry that offers real choices and is contributing towards a sustainable, green environment. It’s so much more than bricks and mortar – it’s the future of our built environment and our planet!
So, where better than to join Tilbury Douglas where across our different business units we offer both exciting and varied projects providing the perfect opportunity for you to fulfil your career ambitions within construction!
The things that make us different make us stronger, which is why diversity plays such a key role in Tilbury Douglas. An inclusive culture drives business success and benefits everyone. It’s a rewarding environment that welcomes everyone and, like most construction companies, we want to actively break down preconceived ideas of construction and encourage more people to come and work in construction, especially females. We know by introducing a diverse workforce, new ways of thinking and innovative approaches which have not yet been explored will be introduced and everyone makes a difference, including you!
At Tilbury Douglas we invest in our people. Their health and wellbeing are integral to what we do. The people make Tilbury Douglas the ideal place to start your career journey. So come and join our team and be part of building a career in construction!
Passion is at the core of our business – defining our work, our culture and all our daily interactions. We’re also passionate about recruiting and developing our own talent pipeline for the future.
We focus on your skills and passions, not just your qualifications and education. With our diverse range of disciplines and variety of work, you’ll easily find your perfect role. Join us and we’ll help you unlock your potential and help you reimagine the possible whilst developing an inspiring and brilliant career in construction.
We have teams of professionally qualified colleagues who will support you to help you reach your full potential. We work with a range of different clients delivering exceptional projects across a range of our business units.
It’s our people that make Tilbury Douglas a success. We believe our inclusive culture encourages new ways of thinking, enabling us to innovate whilst maintaining our resilience.
That’s why Tilbury Douglas is such a great place to work!
It’s important when choosing an employer and company to work for that their values align to yours.
At Tilbury Douglas, our values are what we believe in and how we operate to achieve outcomes. All employees can be recognised and rewarded for their positive contribution by ‘Anytime Awards’ which can be issued by anyone in the company acknowledging another work colleague.
Do our values align with yours?
We know you care about the environment, and so do we! We have a strategy in place for our business to create and record sustainable value. This is called people, planet, performance.
Check out more information on all the great things we are doing to ensure we continue to build a better future for everyone!
At Tilbury Douglas, working with communities and making a difference with the projects we do is very important to us – you too can work with communities and help build a better future!
We have extensive experience working across a range of sectors including healthcare, education, highways, infrastructure and justice.
See the variety of projects we work on – you could be part of them too!
We appreciate you are used to a hyper connected world and prize diversity of views where in your career you want to continue to collaborate with people from different backgrounds.
At Tilbury Douglas we value and celebrate all individual differences. We treat everyone fairly, no matter your gender, sexual orientation, background, age or disability, and give everyone the opportunities for new and varied experiences.
We’re always looking for innovative ways of working and you can bring some of your creativity into the workplace – during your career path with Tilbury Douglas there will be opportunities to solve complex problems so there is lots of scope to make a difference!
You will be provided with the unique opportunity to access our vibrant Early Careers community connecting you with those on a similar journey to you!
You can get involved in volunteering through our give a day of your time initiative, whether it be charity work, community initiatives, educational support or taking time out to mentor the next generation of construction professionals.
At Tilbury Douglas, health and safety is at the heart of everything we do. We are committed to the highest standards and have a target of zero accidents. We are dedicated to exemplary standards and leadership.
We foster a proactive safety culture across our business and strive to make sure our employees, contractors, and the people who work with or alongside us, can carry out their work in the safest way possible.
Building a healthy working environment
At Tilbury Douglas, creating a working environment that promotes both physical and mental health is important to colleagues’ overall wellbeing and, as a result, productivity. We seek to understand and implement best practice in our working conditions, this includes both our physical environment and our wider organisational culture and ways of working. A healthy working environment includes a positive working experience which means being attentive to issues such as autonomy, work-life balance and opportunities for learning, development, and progression.
Employee assistance programme
Our employee assistance programme offers you direct access to a range of advisory support services – 24 hours a day, seven days a week, every day of the year – to help you in your job and in your everyday life.
We asked a few of our team what their experience has been like working at Tilbury Douglas. View our case studies below.
Assistant
Estimator
Assistant Quantity Surveyor
Graduate Quantity Surveyor
Apprentice Design Manager
Apprentice Quantity Surveyor
Trainee Electrical Engineer
Apprentice Civil Engineer
Graduate Quantity Surveyor
What does a typical day look like for our employees? Find out below!
Construction Management Graduate
Construction Management Placement
Engineer Apprentice
Design Management Apprentice
Quantity Surveying Apprentice
There are always questions you would really like to ask even before applying for a job and we understand that. So, we’ve asked some of our Hiring Managers the same questions about different roles we will be actively recruiting for to ensure you get more of an insight!
If you’re looking to complete an apprenticeship, join our graduate scheme or join us for a year out or summer placement, you’ll find everything you need to know below.
Visit our careers site and you can search by the job title or location. It will bring up details of the role and if it’s the one you’re looking for then you can apply.
Yes – we support iOS and Android devices.
You can apply for as many jobs as you feel match your experience and skill set. Please check the location. If the location where you have applied is different from where you are currently situated, remember to include on your application that you’re looking to relocate or you’re moving to another area.
The criteria will vary for each role but typically we will look at education, accreditation and charterships, past career history, responsibilities in previous positions, sector experience and transferable skills.
We are committed to having a more diverse workforce and better representing wider society. If you have a disability, health condition and/or are neurodiverse and may benefit from some adjustments and support then just ask. We do not want our hiring process to be a barrier for you. Our recruiters will work with you to learn more about your support needs and identify reasonable adjustments that will help you to be at your best. You will not need to provide proof to support your request – we trust you.
The timetable is published on each advert which will provide a closing date.
For our Early Career opportunities at Tilbury Douglas, we are only able to consider applicants who are currently legally eligible to work in the UK as we are unable to provide visa sponsorship for any early careers position including the graduate scheme.
We do not offer detailed feedback due to the high volume of applications that we receive and the quick turnaround of the process, however we do provide any tests results for any tests you have undertaken as part of the recruitment process and will supply you with application tips should you be unsuccessful.
We ask you to complete a diversity questionnaire as part of our recruitment process to help us understand the diversity of our applicants and whether there are any representational gaps. While it is voluntary to disclose this information, we strongly encourage our applicants and employees to complete the diversity questionnaire. This allows us to continually monitor and improve our process, ensuring it is inclusive to everyone regardless of background.
Your data will be used for statistical and monitoring purposes only, informing our inclusion and diversity strategy.
Your answers will be treated in the strictest confidence, and all data is held in line with legal data privacy requirements, including the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).
Certainly. We review all applications anew. If you have not been successful previously, please utilise the feedback provided and apply again.
Unfortunately, we are unable to accept late applications to any role as our applicant tracking system will not allow it. All applications must be completed via our website, we cannot accept CVs and cover letters that are emailed to us. We publish all application dates on our website and send candidates reminders to submit.
If you are having any technical issues, please email td.recruitment@tilburydouglas.co.uk.
Depending on the role, you could be based in an office, on site or both. Click here to see where our offices are located.
Check out our ‘recruiting tips’, ‘CV tools & tips’ and ‘prepare great questions for your interviewer’ in addition to all the great information our website provides.
Note for recruitment agencies:
We do not use agencies for any of our Early Careers’ positions.
